April 2015 Blog Posts (10)

"Salmon treats for Monty. Salmon, eggs, puréed carrots and organic whole wheat flour. Cost savings vs pet store purchase, over $100.00 !!"

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It’s Sunday morning. I should be out walking the dog right now. I am lost. I am gutted. I don’t know what to do with myself except try to keep busy so that I don’t have to think. My dog is gone.

Almost two weeks ago now, just after he turned 11 years old, Beasley began to cough. It wasn’t like…

Paz and I attended the NYC Annual Crime Victims Vigil on April 19, 2015, where Paz provided his magical four legged support to victims and their families attending the vigil.  There were approximately 500 people, many of whom had been victims of violent crimes, including sexual assault; also in attendance were family members of individuals who had been murdered.   Needless to say, it was a very emotional event, and Paz's presence had been requested to assist some of the victims attending the…

I wanted a seat belt restraint for my back seat and found this one from Sears at $31.75...

http://www.sears.com/mmp-pink-car-vehicle-auto-seat-safety-belt/p-SPM9828395325?sid=IDx20140425xECNMPPS21

I purchased this one from eBay for fifty-five cents with free postage...…

Many of you might know Carol and Banjo on DoodleKisses, but what you might not know is she is a master of bird photography.  Recently on Facebook, she posted a series of shots with birds, quite literally, eating out of her hands.  She had no assistant helping her, but was able to hold the camera all by herself and get some great shots.  Well, this got me thinking that if Carol could take such awesome one-handed shots, imagine the masterpieces I could shoot if I had one or two assistants.  I…

Yesterday we took Ruby for her first haircut. She had so much long fluffy puppy hair on top of beautiful fleecy waves underneath. The fur on her lower legs and between the toes were picking up so many burrs and sticks. I comb her every few days, not her favorite activity but she is getting better. We saw a beautifully trimmed little black fleecy doodle of some sort at the dog park and got the name of Erin at PetSmart.

Erin warned us that most puppies won't stand for full…

Last night on our nightly trek outside, Vern spooked me.  I had lots of company over the Easter holiday week, including our grandson, and his little portable crib is still up. No big deal, right?....unless, of course, my very large dog keeps stopping at night to look in the crib.  I wouldn’t care that he stops, despite the fact that I have rear-ended him once or twice, but he gets so excited as he looks into the empty crib and wags his tail and carries on like he sees something that I don’t.…

Over the past several month, during pretrial proceedings, Paz has been providing support to a young kidnapping victim who is only able to assist prosecutors when Paz is with her.  The trial is commencing next week, and the Kings County (New York) Supreme Court has granted permission for Paz to accompany the victim into the courthouse, and remain with her in a room adjacent to the courtroom; whereas he cannot accompany her into the courtroom, he will be waiting for her when she is done…

Lunar played Sandy in the play Annie at a special needs school and he was terrific!  During the rehearsals it was a little hectic because most of the kids go off of hand ques and I taught Lunar most of his 'tricks' using hand gestures.  Poor boy was looking all over the place not really understanding what was being asked of him.  But with practice and patience he settled in and the show went off with out a hitch.  The kids did awesome, and Lunar was the hit of the show :) 

Ruby. Is a muppet. Really, she looks exactly like one. She is a great puppy. At five months though we are refining some of her behaviors, for example, she never jumps on strangers, just sits down sweetly near or on their feet and looks at them sweetly. But at home, in her excitement to tell us something [yes, she talks, though so far her French and Spanish skills are lacking, English is fine]. 

The problem? She is so darn cute. Like I said, she looks exactly like a muppet.…